Would you have qualified as a witch in the 17th century? Take this quiz and find out. While the Salem witch trials are the most prominent in history, they were preceded by other witchcraft hysteria.

Throughout accounts of 17th-century witch trials in Europe and North America, physical features alone were considered undeniable proof of witchcraft. The belief was that the devil branded witches ...

Witch hunts were common in the 17th century. Here’s what made Salem infamous. The Salem witch trials are more than just a historical curiosity.

Excavated in 2004 from a 17th-century privy under Rochester Independent College, the bottle had been forgotten until Crozier’s discovery. “Someone joked it might be a witch bottle,” she says.

The secret history of witches Close Persecution, torture and swimming ‘tests’ - what it was like to be accused of witchcraft in 17th Century England. Featuring Dr Gemma Allen.

Conjuring a 17th-Century Witch Hunt, With Echoes of Our Own Day. Inspired by events in East Anglia, England, in 1645, “The Witching Tide,” by Margaret Meyer, ...

In the late 17th century, a witch-hunter nicknamed “The Bloody Juglar” turned up in Berwick-upon-Tweed. Pretty quickly his trusty needle pricked a victim and drew no blood.

Dr. Amanda Foreman analyses the seventeenth century persecution of women as witches. A contemporary context is provided alongside its’ continuity through the ages. The explosion of witch trials ...

Dr Carter said: "England's mid-17th Century witch trials saw hundreds of women executed within the space of three years. "Every Halloween we are reminded that the stereotypical witch is a woman.

Dr Carter said: "England's mid-17th Century witch trials saw hundreds of women executed within the space of three years. "Every Halloween we are reminded that the stereotypical witch is a woman.